Grass-receiving attachment for mowers.



C. C. HECKATHORN.

GRASS RECEIVING ATTACHMENT FOR MOWERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3!. ms.

' lNVENTOR flizaj-ierfficfi 57207 21 WITNESSES ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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CHESTER G. HECKATHOIRN', OF SOUTH BEN-D, INDIANA.

G-EhSS-BEGEIVING ATTACHMENT FOR MOWERS.

Application filed May 31, 1918.

This invention-relates to certain new and it useful improvements ingress receiving at taclunent for mowers.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of agrass receiving attachment "for mowers which will be of ex- In; tremel simple construction and operation. The invention has for another object the o3? gross receiving attachment with e sectional hinged bottom,

cleans provi id for swinging outfn'i werdly forward section of such botton'i j to dump the contents 01" the receiver upon the rear section of said bottom, which latter may be readily released to permit dumpiiw of the receiver;

.65. further object of theinvention resides in the pro ion of a device'of this character which maybe readily atteohed to the handle hi it lawn mower.

, With these general objects in view and others the. wiil appear as the nature of the inv tion is better understood, the same 0011- in the novel combination and arrangement of perthereinafter more fully deser illustrated 111 the accompanying and pointed out in the appended the drawings forminga. port oi.- this on and in which .iilIc-designoting designate corresponding parts int the several views:-

1 is side elevation oi the comattaohed to a lawn mower of n form, the movable parts being ted by dotted lines.

longitudinal vertical se:tion te (lB'iilCS with parts removed.

" ear elevation of the device atshown in Fig. 1, broken away in c" r ng; more in detail to the drawing, 1 designates the body of the receiver which is in the form of a frame having an open forward end adapted to be connected with Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Oct. 8, 1918.

Serial No. 100,936.

the lower portion of a. lawn mower handle 2 b suitable connectino links 3; ortions of the front edges of the frame sides being cut away, as shown at 4: to avoid the oller 5 of the lawn mo\ver, as will. be readily understood by referring to Fig, 1 of the drawings. suspending rods G-are connected at their lower ends to the rear portions of the frame sides, whiletheir upper ends 'are brought inwardly and secured to the handle 2.

The frame is provided with a bottom formed of a'forwnrd section 7 and a rear section 8, said sections being hinged at their inner edges upon the transverse hinged pin -9 extended through the lowerportions of the frame sides. 7 M v,

Downward movement of the forward bottom section 7 is limited byja rod 10 extended transversely beneath the ,lorward, edge of the same and carried bythesidestof the frame 1. A pair of ears, 11 .are mounted upon the upper face of the forward bottom section 7 adjacentthe forward corners thereof, and the lower outwardly turned extremities 12 of the armsli-l of the rod 14'. are ongagged in said ears .11. 'lhorodd3 is en gaged through a guide 15 mounted upon one side of the handle 2 and the upper end O S id rod 1% is bent to form a handle 16 by means of which said rod l t may be readily raised to swing the forward and bottom. sections 7 upwardly and rearwardly and thereby throw all oi the contents of the grass received onto the rear bottom section 8. The rear bottom section. 8 is normally retained in closed or horizontal position by means of the spring latch member 17 engaged over the latch pin 18., the upper extremity of the latch member 17 being curved outwardly to enable the operator to readily-force the same ofi from the latch pin 18 which as will be "understood projects from the rear end 01':

handle 2 is again lowered, the rear bottom member 8 will engage the ground and be y 4 While the forni' of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to returned to closed-positiorgitheflatch member 17 automatically locfied upon the latch pin '18.

'ing a receptacle having mea nsjo att'a'chit to a inowerand equipped with a sectional 'bottom consisting ofa forward'and a rearward section, said forward section'being mounted dump said contents from the receptacle.

to swingnpwardly at times to move the'contents of the receptacle toward the rear end "thereof and said, rearward section being mounted to swing downwardlyat timesto 2. 'An'attachment for laizvn-mowers in-. cluding aLreceptacle' having means to attach it to a mower'and equipped with asectional bottom consisting of a forward anda rear ward section, said forward section being mounted toswing upwardly at times to move the contents of V the receptacle toward the sfrear end thereof andsaid rearward section being. mounted to swing downwardly at times to dump the contents from the receptacle, and means for normallysupportingthe" said sections in tli same horizontal plane to close the bottom ofthe receptacle.

3. An attachment for lawn mowers, in- I clnding'a receptacle havlng means to attach same" it. we mbwerfsaid receptacle ha ing its forward end open andbeing'provided with section-albottom consisting of forward and a rearward section hingedly' connected together, means for-normally holding the forward se'ction'against downward movesment, a latch-for normallyholding the rear, .sectlon against downward movement, earsformed-on' said crward section, and. a rod having-a forkedend-secured to said ears; said rod being so. arranged as to raise the forward section at an angle to the rearward section- 4. An attachment for lawn mowers including a receptacle having means to attach it to a mower and equipped with a sectional bottom COI1S1St1D2' of a forward and a rearward section, said forward'section being mounted toswing upwardly at times to move the contents of the receptacle toward at times to dhmpsaid: contents from the receptacle, a ba'rpositioned beneath said ward sect ento normally support the same in ahorizontal position, and "a releasable catch engageablewlth the rearward section forward sectioln In testimony whereof to support the same in the same plane as the the'rear end thereof, andsaid rearward sectlOlL being mounted to sw ng downwardly jaiiix my signature "1n presence of two witnesses.

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* Lnon' E. .Wonrn Toner Ennnan 

